THE HORIZON OF THE FINITE IN 'TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE' BY BOHUMIL HRABAL

Authors

  • Gerardo Argüelles Fernández Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
  • Laura Andrea Montenegro Moreno Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Keywords:

art, horizon, solitude, enlightened modernity, mechanical reproduction

Abstract

This article discusses the phenomenon of mass production and mechanical reproduction of artwork (to the detriment of art’s auratic quality) in relation to Monika Zgustova’s translation of the novel by Czech author Bohumil Hrabal. The anecdote follows Hanta’s intimate experiences, a paper crusher in Prague who pays special attention to the bibliographic collections and artistic reproductions he receives as trash. Our analysis, aided by the works of Husserl, Jaspers, Benjamin, Safranski and Bauman, also clarifies the main character’s horizon of yearning inasmuch as it is representative of the failure of enlightened modernity, translated into melancholy, guilt and distress because of the “death of art,” (ascribed to Hegel) since Hanta feels both like its accomplice and redeemer. 

Author Biographies

Gerardo Argüelles Fernández, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Docente-Investigador de tiempo completo. Adscrito a la Facultad de Lenguas y Letras. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.

Laura Andrea Montenegro Moreno, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Licenciada en Estudios Literarios, egresada de la Facultad de Lenguas y Letras. Becaria, asistente de investigación.

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Published

2018-01-31

How to Cite

Argüelles Fernández, G., & Montenegro Moreno, L. A. (2018). THE HORIZON OF THE FINITE IN ’TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE’ BY BOHUMIL HRABAL. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (18), 145–162. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/452f/article/view/19008

Issue

No. 18 (2018): The Paradigm of the Archive in Contemporary Narrative and Visual Culture

Section

Monograph

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